African Beauty Is...

Oluchi Onweagba, the Nigerian model is an example of an African beauty discovered in M-Net's Face of Africa competition.

African beauty is about being proudly African, whether you’re dark or not. It’s about celebrating your unique and distinct features. There is no-one like us. You can tell an African a mile away.
~ Busisiwe Mahlaba
truelove@media24.com

Christabel Momodu is Black and Beautiful

I never heard of her until I came to Lagos last August and saw her photographs in the new Supple magazine and I was impressed. But when she came to say hello to the Publisher and Managing Editor, I did not pay attention to her, because I was very busy. Then when she came around again, I had time to talk to her.

Christabel is tall, dark and lovely and a beauty queen in Lagos. She understands English, French and Yoruba and some Igbo and Hausa.
She has been the only female I welcome to sit and chat with me in the office and seeing her on the cover of Allure magazine of The Vanguard newspaper in Nigeria was cool as she came yesterday looking like she just stepped out of the cover of Vogue, in long wavy black har and tight fitting black skirt. She interrupted my work, but I did not mind.
I gave her my popular love book before she left and I am looking forward to seeing her again.
Christabel is an epitome of beauty with dignity.

Miss Africa Denmark 2008

Miss Africa Denmark 2008 June 14th 2008 we will for the third time crown a Danish Miss Africa. The show and afterparty is at Store Vega, the main music venue in Copenhagen.

The Miss Africa event (including this site) is in Danish, but it will be an entertaining evening, also for those who are not speaking the language. This page serves as a brief introduction in English.

The Participants

Tickets on sale now
Tickets for the show in Vega are on sale now! Be sure to attend the main African event in Denmark. Buy your tickets online on billetlugen.dk or in your nearest FONA music store.

Live music
On stage this year will be:
Maureen Lilanda (Zambia)
Rex Omar (Ghana)
Papaya (Denmark)
Jaleesa (Denmark)

Jury
The jury for 2008 is Caroline Henderson, Malkit Singh, Miss Mukupa, Lassina Badolo, Toniah Pedersen and Peace Kabushenga.

Purpose and idea
The overall purpose of the Miss Africa Denmark event is to gather all interested Africans, Danes and other friends of Africa in a celebration of the beauty and rich diversity of African culture. African culture has a lot to offer – also here in the Nordic countries. All Africans residing in Denmark has been asked to participate and we hope the event will be backed up by all.
It is important to note that Miss Africa DK is NOT a traditional model- or beauty contest. Miss Africa is an ambassador of diversity and a positive rolemodel. She helps extend peoples knowledge of Africa, and she bridges Danish and African culture. Miss Africa has something at heart and her positive personality voices the causes that she is passionately committed to.

Through the last year our winners from 2006 and 2007 has been interviewed in Danish media several times as a representative for the African community in Denmark.
Any profit from the event is donated to a specific project for "Save the Children" in Gulu, Uganda. The organisers and performing artists affiliated with Miss Africa Denmark all work for free.
Miss Africa Denmark supports Save the Children
Meet the participants 2008

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From the archives:
The show 19 May 2007 (140 photos)
Behind the scenes 2007(93 photos)
Miss Africa Denmark 2006
See also:
"Pageant puts focus on our African beauties", (Copenhagen Post, 2007)

Contact and press info
You can contact the organisers on mail@missafrica.dkPlease direct press inquiries to jacob@missafrica.dk
Press release 11th March 2008: Miss Africa Denmark

African Women Are The Most Beautiful

The most beautiful thing. How do I put it? Its so spiritual. The most beautiful thing is a woman’s body. If you want to understand nature in its perfect stage, you have to look at the woman’s body, the contour, and the whole essence of a woman’s body is so amazing, especially African women.

And that is even important to me because for a long time African women are looked upon as if they are not beautiful, whereas they are the most beautiful that nature has ever created , that is one of the attraction and even more so fashion allows you, if you are an artist fashion is very quick it allows you to express quicker, because clothes comes and goes very quicker than magazines than buildings. Everything follows trend, fashion, interior, architecture. Of all of these fashion moves really fast and I love the pace

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~ Fred Eboka

2008 Zulu Reed Dance

The Zulu Kings Reed Dance at eNyokeni Palace, uMkhosi woMhlanga.Date:6th September 2008

The Zulu Kings Reed Dance at eNyokeni Palace.
Guided Tours, Press & VIP access arranged by Zululand Eco-Adventures. Tours depart from The George Hotel and Zululand Backpackers in Eshowe. (Dates subject to The Zulu King's discretion).Full day tour cost from R395 pp to R450pp.

Click here to view the Photographs of the African Beauties at the Reed Dance

Adaeze Igwe is the 2008 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria

Adaeze Igwe, from Anambra State, smiles while holding flowers on the stage after winning MBGN top title in Lagos, Nigeria, March 28, 2008. The 21st edition of Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) 2008, Nigeria's national beauty contest, was staged here on Friday. Several honors had been awarded in the run-off among the attending girls, who were chosen from state-level primaries in different parts of the country. The winners will be qualified for representing Nigeria to join in particular world-level beauty contests such as the upcoming "Miss World" in 2008.
Main Report and Photo Credits: China View


MBGN Contestants in swimming suits

I was not interested in the live broadcast of the 21st edition of the beauty pageant, because I did not find it impressive and I did not see any improvement in the pageant.

My African Beauty

Queen Ebong.


My African Beauty

Mine Oh! Mine Oh! Mine!
My African beauty.

Oh, my Chocolate baby
You are so pretty.

Everybody knows that you are beautiful
For God made you so wonderful.
Beautiful to behold
And wonderful to hold.
More precious than gold
That cannot be bought or sold.

You are so fine
So golden in the African sunshine.
From your head to your feet
You make heads to turn on the street.
I have never never seen anyone better
Oh, beautiful daughter of Mama Africa.
You are the only one I want forever.

Mine Oh! Mine Oh! Mine!
My African beauty.

Mi Belleza africana

¡Mine Ah! ¡Mine Ah! ¡Mina! Mi belleza africana.

Ah, mi bebé de Chocolate que Usted es tan bonito.

Todos saben que usted es hermoso Para Dios le hizo tan maravilloso. Hermoso percibir Y maravilloso tener. Más
precioso que de oro Que no puede ser comprado ni puede ser vendido.

Usted es tan multa Tan dorado en el sol africano. De la cabeza a pies Usted hace cabezas para prender la calle. Yo nunca
nunca he visto nadie mejor Ah, hija hermosa de Mamá Africa. Usted es el único que quiero para siempre.

¡Mine Ah! ¡Mine Ah! ¡Mina! Mi belleza africana